Three Capes Scenic Drive, Oregon

Text And Photography By Laurie Excell

Updated October 19, 2018

Ninety miles southwest of Portland, Ore., is the Three Capes Scenic Drive, a 40-mile drive through one of the most spectacular stretches of scenery on the Oregon coast. The three capes—Cape Meares, Cape Lookout and Cape Kiwanda—are the main destinations on the loop, each with its own distinctive attractions.

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Originally Published August 1, 2005

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